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Joshua HeavinTechnologyCurrent Politics

Ban Porn Now

Any state concerned with human flourishing should take immediate steps to ban pornography.

K. C. EllisCurrent PoliticsHealth and Medicine

My Grandfather Died with Dignity

My grandfather died with dignity because he reminded us that love for others, not the capacity for achievement or productivity, is true virtue.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics

I Thought Political Capture Was Bad

If political capture is bad, then it's not just bad when done on the political right; it's bad on the political left too.

Brad LittlejohnEconomics and BusinessCurrent PoliticsBook Reviews

The Tyranny of Seeing Only Power

Sohrab Ahmari's 'Tyranny Inc' is a welcome corrective to some false ideas on the right, but it's cure may be as bad as the disease it diagnoses.

Jake MeadorCulture WarCurrent Politics

Why the Raw Egg Nationalist Affair Matters

The barstool conservatives and the Christian-ish UK intellectuals agree on this: There is no reconciliation between vitalism and Christianity.

Phil GaudreauHistorySociologyCurrent Politics

Century of Change

What sort of legacy are you leaving for your great-grandchildren?

Derek KingPolitical TheoryLiteratureCurrent Politics

Free Speech When No One is Listening

The Free Press podcast 'The Witch Trials if JK Rowling' is well-intentioned, but misses the core problem: What if free speech requires a shared world?

Jake MeadorPolitical TheologyCurrent Politics

Frog and Toad Christendom: An Independence Day Proposal for Renewal

We should reimagine our politics to favor people's long-term good over their short-term pleasure. This proposal offers several ways we might do that.

Bob ThunePolitical TheoryCurrent Politics

David Brooks and the Limits of Liberalism

David Brooks says we need a gifts-based liberalism. But as he describes it, 'gifts-based liberalism' sounds like it might just be... conservatism.

Jake MeadorCurrent PoliticsPlace

On Not Being Weird About Where You Live

The true lines of the culture war divide in America are not state-based, but are fuzzier, dividing blue urban hubs from red rural heartlands.

Mark KremerFeaturedCulture WarCurrent Politics

Fidelity or Financial Security: A Choice Facing Lincoln's Faith-Based Nonprofits - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“Soft Totalitarianism”, the term coined by Rod Dreher for non-governmental control over individuals and organizations, is rearing its head more frequently and perniciously in a multitude of sectors of American life. One expects to find cancel culture, extreme DEI initiatives, […]

Brad EastFeaturedEvangelicalismTheology and PracticeCurrent PoliticsSocietyIssue 4

Once More, Church and Culture

Once More, Church and Culture